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Play confronts transition to adulthood
By Paula Lavlgna
Senior Reporter
Running away from images and
stereotypes only ends in an emo
tional chase in “The Pursuit of
Anne,” a Theatrix play opening
tonight.
“The Pursuit of Anne” is the
premiere production of a new script
by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
theater student Michael
Solomonson.
Director Julie Hagemeier said
“The Pursuit of Anne” revolved
around the death of Anne Smith
(played by Sara Bucy), a young
child actress trying to make her
way in the adult world.
“She can’t make this transition
from a cute, little girl in pigtails to
an adult woman,’r she said. “She
can’t get away from the stereo
type.”
Forensic investigator Murray
Goldman investigates the appar
ent suicide of Smith. He has a
daughter close to Smith’s age
named Veronica, who also is try
ing to deal with the pressured im
age of a young lady in society.
The story of Smith’s death is
loosely based on the actual suicide
Show: “The Pursuit of Anne”
At: Studio Theatre, Temple
Building
I Times: 7 p.m. today, Friday
and Saturday, 2 p.m.
Saturday
Tickets: $2 at the door
of 18-year-old actress Anissa Jones,
who played Buffy on the televi
sion show “A Family Affair.”
Goldman (Patrick Tuttle) dis
covers more about Veronica
(Bridget Bohuslavsky) through his
investigation, which is depicted
through a number of flashbacks
through Smith’s life.
Hagemeier said the play con
tained 34 small scenes, and the
challenge lay in making those
scenes flow together. But she said
having the playwright at hand made
her work a lot easier.
Instead of relying solely on di
rector interpretation, she could go
back to Solomonson and ask for
clarification of scenes or charac
ters.
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She said that out of all of his
plays, Solomonson selected “The
Pursuit of Anne” for Theatrix be
cause it touched upon many issues
in today’s society, including sub
stance abuse, images and broken
families.
“The Pursuit of Anne” opens at
7 tonight in the Studio Theatre,
located on the third floor of the
Temple Building. Additional per
formances are 7 p.m. on Friday
and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Tickets are $2 at the door.
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Senior Reporter '
Relaxing at home in the En
glish countryside, John Paul Jones
navigates the information super
highway looking for new knowl
edge and sending electronic mail.
Jones’ first experiences with
computers were with rock group
Led Zeppelin in the late 1970s,
when he used synthesizers and sam
pling techniques on stage.
When Jones looks back on those
years, he discovers little change.
In 1980, Led Zeppelin dis
banded after the death of drummer
John Bonham. The remaining
members, Jimmy Page and Robert
Plant, pursued solo careers, while
Jones discovered other outlets for
his technology — and his talent.
After his 12 years as bassist and
keyboardist for Led Zeppelin,
Jones branched out to pursue a
successful career in producing TV
programs and perform ing rock and
classical music.
And the song remains the same.
“Since Zeppelin, I did go home
and get my life together. I wanted
to spend a lot more time with my
Show: Diamanda Gal As with
John Paul Jones
At: Lied Center for
Performing Arts
Time: 7 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $ 15, available at
Lied box office
family. I had three daughters who
were approaching teen-age years,
and it became more time-consum
ing,” Jones said during a telephone
interview from England.
He and his wife moved to
England’s west country and built a
24-track recording studio with fa
cilities for film andtele vision work.
Jones has spent the last few
years in production. He produced
the Buttbole Surfers’ album “In
dependent Worm Saloon,” wrote
string arrangements for R.E.M.’s
“Automatic for the People” and
played on Peter Gabriel’s “Us.”
His most recent work with vo
calist Diamanda Galas puts Jones
back into the performing circuit.
Galas, known for her shocking
performances and eclectic vocal
style, impressed Jones in 1983 with
her song “Wild Women With Steak
Knives.”
“My first impulse was ‘Wow,
this is one hell of a singer,’” Jones
said. “My wife brought the record
home, and it scared the children
witless. It was kind of a parents’
rebellion.”
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Galas brought the two together
while Galas was touring Europe
late last year.
Jones had not heard Galas’ sing
ing voice in person, so he only had
a hazy picture of her sound, he
said.
“She went back to the States.
We swapped tapes,” Jones said.
”... Then we got together for a
couple of weeks and rammed it all
into a record.”
Their 1994 release “The Sport
ing Life” is what Jones calls a
collection of “homicidal love
songs.”
“It’s in a sort of way that it’s
different and it’s refreshing. Rock,
for me, hasn’t been the forger
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Senior Reporter
Music. Sex. Power.
In a word: Diamanda.
A fiery, devious diva, Diamanda
Gal As creates a world ofher own in
which sex is a game, death is art
and society is doomed to die in a
consumerist hell.
Gal As will pair up with ex-Led
Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones
for a performance this weekend at
the Lied Center.
Gal As and Jones released “The
Sporting Life" earlier this year.
“Wild Women With Steak Knives"
and "Plague Mass" — a requiem
for those dead and dying of AIDS
— are two of Gaiks’ solo works
that have fostered her international
reputation.
And what a reputation it is.
Gaiks performed “Plague Mass” at
the Festival delle Colline in Italy,
where she was denounced by a
member of the Italian government
for committing blasphemy against
the Roman Catholic Church.
Galksjust finished “Schrei 27,"
a 27-minute solo piece sung in the
dark that deals with the anguish of
women being abused. “Insekta”
puts Gaiks in a steel cage that is
slowly lowered to the ground.
All this, Gaiks said, is what
keeps her from getting “bored.”
“I’ve been doing music since 1
was 5 years old,” she said. “It's too
late for me to go down one path.”
Nebraskans may find Gaiks’
performing style a bit shocking.
Gaiks said she already has spoken
with a Nebraska man who warned
her to be careful.
“He was a very nice man. He
was just wondering if I had any
audience in Nebraska, because this
was very unorthodox programming
for Nebraska/’ she said.
The man’s concern pleased her.
“He was so sweet and honest
about it. He didn't have an atti
tude. I find that really nice.’’
GalAs is a product of her envi
ronment; she is influenced by her
experiences growing up in San
Diego.
“People from San Diego are
very eccentric, very good artists.
I’m quite pleased I was not born in
New York, because the tendency
there is for everyone to go down
the same path," the singer said.
GalAs said that she was raised a
Greek orthodox agnostic “tending
toward atheism” and that she had
an unconventional upbringing. Her
father fought with the local priest,
so the Gtu&s family didn’t go to
church. Instead, her father read
from Socrates and Aristotle. Galas'
mother was a strong feminist.
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